SPRING 2015 | VOL. 21, NO . 1

Honouliuli National Monument BY: CAROLE HAYASHINO

Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell, NPS Deputy Director Peggy O’Dell, Governor and Mrs. David Ige, Senator Mazie Hirono, Mayor Kirk Caldwell, State Senator Will Espero, State Representative Ty Cullen, Consul General of Japan Toyoei Shigeeda, University of “Today I’m announcing three new monuments —places Hawai‘i President David Lassner, along with leaders from Monsanto Hawai‘i, National that reflect our national history and national heritage — Park Service, Japanese American Citizens League, and JCCH to bless the new Honouliuli National Monument on March 31. a new park in my home state of Hawai‘i,” said President Barack Obama on February 19, 2015. “Honouliuli was an internment camp for Japanese Americans during memories of Hawai‘i’s internees, their families, and the thousands World War II. Going forward, it will be a monument to of people who worked and supported the effort to preserve and a painful part of our history so we don’t repeat the protect Honouliuli throughout the years. Jane and I spent our first mistakes of the past.” day visiting the offices of Senator Brian Schatz, Senator Mazie Hirono, Congress Member Tulsi Gabbard and Congress Member We prepared for and anticipated President Obama’s announcement Mark Takai. We are forever grateful to the late Senator Daniel of the new Honouliuli National Monument designation, yet nothing Inouye and owe a debt of gratitude to our congressional delegation could have prepared us for the mix of emotions and whirlwind of for their leadership to preserve Honouliuli. activity that followed. Soon after President Obama’s announcement in Chicago, Jane Kurahara and I were contacted by the White House At dinner, on the night before we were to meet President Obama, I and invited to Washington, D.C. to witness President Obama sign asked Jane what she was thinking — after all, she had been working the Honouliuli proclamation. We packed up our warmest clothes and on the preservation of Honouliuli for over 15 years and soon we took the first direct flight from Honolulu to Washington, D.C. We would be entering the Oval Office. She said, “I think about all the were thankful that Alan Yamamoto of Senator Mazie Hirono’s office people who made this possible, starting with the Campbell Estate was on our flight as he made sure we made it safely to our hotel. vice president who spent a full day with us on the search to locate the site of the Honouliuli Internment Camp to the high school Being in our nation’s capitol, Jane and I were very mindful of the students who wrote letters to President Obama. All along our journey responsibility placed upon us. We were chosen to represent the to rediscover and preserve Honouliuli people have been supportive, Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i, but we also represented the people wanted this to happen. I am very grateful.”

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We started the year with a successful New Year’s ‘Ohana Festival and the pace hasn’t slowed down! We were especially honored to host Jaylin Brown, a 15 year old boy from Binghamton, New York, at the New Year’s ‘Ohana Festival. Introduced to us by Make-A-Wish Hawai‘i, Jaylin’s wish was to visit to Japan. Unable to make a long international trip, Make-A-Wish decided to send him to Hawai‘i. We were honored to learn that he wanted to spend the day with us to experience Japanese crafts, cultural traditions and food! The Board of Directors and staff rolled out the red carpet. Jaylin participated in the Shinto¯ blessing, played taiko, pounded mochi, watched kendo¯ , and was treated to a special Japanese dinner in the tatami room at Tsukuneya that evening. Overwhelmed by JCCH’s aloha spirit, Jaylin hopes to return to Hawai‘i one day. Spending the day with Jaylin and his family was a touching reminder of how fortunate we are to live and work in Hawai‘i, how fortunate we are to be part of the JCCH ‘ohana and community, and the importance of our work to celebrate and share our rich Japanese heritage and culture. Jaylin’s visit in January was followed by an invitation to the White House in February! Jane Kurahara and I had the honor of representing JCCH to meet President Obama and witness the signing of the proclamation recognizing the Honouliuli Internment Camp as a new national monument! JCCH

Sogetsu should take pride in leading the effort to preserve and protect Honouliuli. It’s inspiring to know Ikebana by that the work we do touches the lives of people and is making a difference in our state and nation. Dan Labeff Thank you for supporting us and we invite you to join us in the months ahead!

Aloha,

Carole Hayashino, President and Executive Director

Aloha!

It has been a great start to the year. 2015 started with a blast at the New Year’s ‘Ohana Festival. Over 20,000 attendees enjoyed the variety of crafts, food booths, entertainment, and games for the kids. Our Mo¯‘ili‘ili community was filled with energy.

Many thanks to Rattana Soubandith for her leadership in chairing this year’s event as well as the JCCH staff, Kenjin Kai, and hundreds of volunteers who helped to make the day a wonderful success. I would like to include a shameless plug for the bake sale booth that was staffed by the JCCH Board of Directors that set record sales this year by selling out all of the tasty home-made goodies.

We are excited about upcoming events our members can enjoy to share and celebrate our heritage including our annual Sharing the Spirit of Aloha Gala on July 25 at the Hilton Hawaiian Village. We will be celebrating our very deserving honorees, all who have made significant contributions to our island communities as well as on the national and international stages.

Please join us at these or any of our other events to help us preserve our heritage and share the amazing contributions of Japanese Americans here in Hawai‘i and abroad.

Mahalo,

Brennon Morioka, Chairman of the board 2014-2015 BOARD OF DIRECTORS MISSION STATEMENT: To be a vibrant resource, strengthening

CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD AT-LARGE DIRECTORS our diverse community by educating present and future generations BRENNON MORIOKA in the evolving Japanese American experience in Hawai‘i. We do DAWN MATSUYAMA Dunbar this through relevant programming, meaningful community service VICE CHAIR/SECRETARY KEN HAYASHIDA HOWARD HANADA and innovative partnerships that enhance the understanding and MARK IBARA TREASURER/VICE CHAIR celebration of our heritage, culture and love of the land. To guide DIANE MURAKAMI KYOKO KIMURA us in this work we draw from the values found in our Japanese Maui Representative VICE CHAIR American traditions and the spirit of Aloha. GLENN INOUYE SCOTT KUIOKA VICE CHAIR DARRYL NAKAMOTO CHRISTINE KUBOTA MITCHELL NISHIMOTO VICE CHAIR SHANNON OKINAKA LEIGH-ANN MIYASATO LYNNE HANZAWA O’NEILL VICE CHAIR LORI TERANISHI EUGENE NISHIMURA Hawai‘i Representative DARCIE YUKIMURA Kaua‘i Representative FELIPE ZIALCITA

2014-2015 BOARD OF GOVERNORS In this issue David Arakawa Colbert Matsumoto SPRING David Asanuma Debbie Nakagawa 2015 Councilmember Dr. Blair Odo Carol Fukunaga Dr. Dennis Ogawa Douglas Goto Curt Otaguro 22nd Annual Leighton Hara T. Raymond Sekiya New Year’s ‘Ohana Festival Susan Haramoto Garrett Serikawa Mahalo to everyone who supported the Dean Hirata Jay Suemori New Year’s ‘Ohana Festival! 4 Akio Hoshino Walter Tagawa Kathryn Inkinen Don Takaki Wayne Ishihara Tyler Tokioka Wayne Kamitaki Ronald Ushijima Hawai‘i Internment Preservation Councilmember Senator Glenn Wakai Ann Kobayashi The Hawai‘i internment website has a Susan Yamada 6 Jane Komeiji new look and new features. Akemi Kurokawa

STAFF Sharing the Spirit of Aloha Annual Gala PRESIDENT and MEMBERSHIP assistant EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR jonathan lum We are excited to honor another great CAROLE HAYASHINO [email protected] group of individuals at the 2015 Sharing 8 [email protected] (808) 945-7633 Ext. 48 (808) 945-7633 Ext. 23 the Spirit of Aloha. RESOURCE CENTER DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMS MANAGER TIMOTHY HO MARCIA KEMBLE [email protected] [email protected] (808) 945-7633 Ext. 22 (808) 945-7633 Ext. 34 Upcoming Events DIRECTOR OF FINANCE EDUCATION SPECIALIST & ADMINISTRATION DERRICK IWATA Summer is right around the corner and that CAROLINE OKIHARA [email protected] means it is time for our annual cultural 13 [email protected] (808) 945-7633 Ext. 25 workshops and craft and collectibles fair. (808) 945-7633 Ext. 33 PUBLIC PROGRAMS DIRECTOR OF COORDINATOR COMMUNICATIONS & AUDREY KANEKO DEVELOPMENT [email protected] DENISE TAGOMORI PARK (808) 945-7633 Ext. 28 In the Gift Shop [email protected] (808) 945-7633 Ext. 27 GIft shop manager There is something for everyone in the 4 JENNIFER CALLEJO JCCH Gift Shop. Check out some of our 1 EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT [email protected] MICHELLE MIYASHIRO (808) 945-7633 Ext. 39 featured items. [email protected] (808) 945-7633 Ext. 30 STAFF ASSOCIATES JANE KURAHARA ACCOUNTING specialist BETSY YOUNG LEIANNE FUJIMURA [email protected] STAFF EMERITA (808) 945-7633 Ext. 29 BARBARA ISHIDA MEMBERSHIP COORDINATOR RESOURCE CENTER JANNA LAU (808) 945-7633 Ext. 42 [email protected] GALLERY/GIFT SHOP (808) 945-7633 Ext. 47 (808) 945-7633 Ext. 43 EVENT REWIND

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22nd Annual New Year’s ‘Ohana Festival Beautiful weather and a large variety of fun drew a crowd of more than 20,000 attendees to the popular New Year’s ‘Ohana Festival on January 11! The guests were able to indulge in local delicacies, browse through cultural displays and a craft fair, enjoy entertainment on two stages, and so much more!

We would like to thank all who supported the 2015 New Year’s ‘Ohana Festival! 5 mahalo to our sponsors!

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To all of you who attended a meeting, signed our petition, watched our documentary film, or encouraged us—thank you for being part of the journey. Thank you for helping us to preserve Honouliuli.

far left: Jane Kurahara and Carole Hayashino just outside of the West Wing. left (left to right): JACL Honolulu President Jacce Mikulanec, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell, JCCH President and Executive Director Carole Hayashino, Governor David Ige, and Congressmember Mark Takai.

Hawai‘i Internment Website Has a New Look!

The Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i’s website on Hawai‘i internment has gone through a major redesign to allow for easier navigating and accessibility to online resources. Through the support of grants received by the National Park Service Japanese Confinement Sites, Preserve America Programs, and the State of Hawai‘i, we were able to redesign and update the JCCH Hawaiiinternment.org website to include additional resources and updated educational curriculum for schools.

The new design will allow students, teachers, and anyone interested in this topic to learn more about the Hawai‘i internment experience and the 17 confinement sites through JCCH primary resource materials, timelines, maps, and the education version of the JCCH documentary The Untold Story: Internment of Japanese Americans in Hawai‘i. Through the site, educators will also be able to access PDF copies of the JCCH Hawai‘i Internment Curriculum materials that were made available to all of the high schools across the state and will allow the community to share their Hawai‘i internment stories with JCCH.

We invite you to visit the new site at www.hawaiiinternment.org to learn more. Honolulu City Council Recognizes JCCH for Internment Work 7 For years, the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i has worked site as a national historic site. City Councilmembers Ann Kobayashi tirelessly to preserve the former Honouliuli internment camp and Carol Fukunaga co-introduced the honorary certificate that was and lead a grassroots effort to preserve the camp as a national presented during a ceremony in front of the entire council. President historic site. and Executive Director Carole Hayashino received the certificate and she was accompanied by members of the JCCH Hawai‘i Internment JCCH President and Executive Director Carole Hayashino, members Education Committee and JCCH staff. of the JCCH Hawai‘i Internment Education Committee (HIEC), and (left to right): Timothy Ho, Jane Kurahara, Councilmember Joey Manahan, JCCH staff has been gathering signatures from concerned citizens to Betsy Young, John Okutani, Councilmember Ann Kobayashi, Councilmember Trevor support this initiative. Ozawa, Carole Hayashino, Councilmember Brandon Elefante, Councilmember Carol Fukunaga, Councilmember Kymberly Marcos Pine, Gale Kobayashi, Councilmember Members of the Hawai‘i Congressional delegation, State Legislature, Ron Menor, Les Goto, Derrick Iwata, Marilyn Higashide Honolulu City Council, Governor David Ige and former Hawai‘i Photo by: Cliff Kaneshiro Governors all signed the petition created by JCCH.

Hearing of this initiative, Honolulu City Councilmembers Ann Kobayashi and Carol Fukunaga co-introduced a City Council resolution to support the recognition of a National Historic Site by the National Park Service for the former site of the Honouliuli internment Camp. This resolution was adopted by the City and County on December 10, 2014 and was subsequently sent to Washington D.C. to show the City and County of Honolulu’s support for this project.

On January 28, 2015, the City and County of Honolulu honored the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i with an Honorary Certificate for our efforts to preserve the former Honouliuli internment camp

2015 JCCH Board Of Directors Message to the JCCH membership from Howard Hanada, Chairman, JCCH Board Governance Committee

On June 30, 2015, after serving six Ms. Christine Kubota, an attorney with Mr. Brennon Morioka, Deputy Executive consecutive years on the JCCH Board of Damon Key Leong Kupchak Hastert, is Director at Honolulu Authority Rapid Directors, Mr. Glenn Inouye and Ms. Kyoko re-nominated for one three-year term to Transportation, is re-nominated for one Kimura (Maui Representative) are termed-out expire June 30, 2018. one-year term to expire June 30, 2016. and regrettably ineligible for re-nomination Ms. Leigh-Ann Miyasato, Licensing Associate, to the board. On behalf of the Board of Office of Technology Transfer and Economic As a member, you have the right to nominate Directors, the Board Governance Committee Development at the University of Hawai‘i, additional individual(s) to serve on the JCCH expresses its thanks and appreciation to is re-nominated for one three-year term to Board of Directors. If you are interested in Mr. Inouye and Ms. Kimura for their expire June 30, 2018. submitting a nomination, please contact dedication to the JCCH and their leadership Michelle Miyashiro, Executive Assistant, at Ms. Darcie Yukimura, on the Board of Directors. Sr. Philanthropic [email protected] or call (808) 945-7633, Services Assistant, Hawai‘i Community Pursuant to Section 4.3 (b) of the Japanese ext. 30 for the nomination procedure and Foundation, is re-nominated as the Kaua‘i Cultural Center of Hawai‘i bylaws, the Board form. The completed nomination form must board representative for one three-year term Governance Committee nominates the be returned by May 22, 2015. to expire on June 30, 2018. following slate of individuals to the board Pursuant to the bylaws, if there are no Ms. Lynne O’Neill, of directors effective July 1, 2015. Hula Inc., is re-nominated additional nominees, nominations will be for one two-year term to expire June 30, 2017. Mr. Reid Hokama, Director of Research at closed and the nominees listed above shall Tsukazaki & Associates, is nominated for one Mr. Eugene Nishimura, Owner & General be deemed unanimously elected. three-year term to expire June 30, 2018. Manager, Hokulani Kigyo, LLC, is re-nominated Thank you for your attention to the Board of as the Hawai‘i board representative for one Ms. Lynn Araki-Regan, an attorney with Directors nomination process. 2.5 year term to expire December 31, 2017. Araki-Regan & Associates LLC, is nominated as the Maui Representative to the board for Ms. Shannon Okinaka, Interim CFO, Hawaiian one three-year term to expire June 30, 2018. Airlines, is re-nominated for one 2.5 year term to expire December 31, 2017. ANNUAL GALA Sharing the Spirit of Aloha 8 The Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i (JCCH) is pleased to present Sharing the Spirit of Aloha on Saturday, July 25 at 6:00 p.m. at the Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort Coral Ballroom.

For their dedication to community service, supporting historic and cultural preservation, helping to educate our keiki, and improving relationships between Hawai‘i and Japan, these honorees have helped to build a foundation for our community. Their lives exemplify the values brought to Hawai‘i from our Issei pioneers and the vision for which the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i was founded.

The Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i invites John Hara, FAIA everyone to attend and John Hara is devoted to Alumni Award of The University of Pennsylvania, and help recognize the 2015 planning and designing in 2006 he became the first architect to be awarded honorees who epitomize sites and buildings that the Governor’s Award for Distinguished Achievement the Japanese American continue to redefine the in Culture, Art & Humanities by the Hawai‘i State contemporary language Foundation on Culture and the Arts. The award is the values of Hawai‘i and of Hawaiian architectural state’s highest honor bestowed on an individual who the Spirit of Aloha. traditions. During his has made significant outstanding lifetime contributions career, he has completed to Hawai‘i in the areas of culture, arts and humanities. Saturday, July 25, 2015 numerous public, academic In 2014, Hara was awarded Architect of the Year by and cultural facility buildings for clients such as the NAIOP, the state’s leading association for the commercial 5:00 p.m. Registration/ Honolulu Museum of Art, Maui Arts & Cultural Center, real estate development industry. University of Hawai‘i at Ma¯noa, the University of Hawai‘i Silent Auction Hara has served on the boards of several community West O‘ahu Campus, Punahou School, Kamehameha associations including the Japan-Hawai‘i Economic 6:00 p.m. Dinner/Program Schools, Mid-Pacific Institute, and Hawai‘i Tokai Council, the Hawai‘i Youth Symphony, Hawai‘i Public International College. Hara has also designed a Broadcasting Service, the Hawai‘i Opera Theater, Hilton Hawaiian Village remarkable sequence of private residences, working and as Chairman of the Hawai‘i State Foundation Waikiki Beach Resort closely with special clients, each project exploring for Culture and the Arts. Hara has also supported Coral Ballroom contemporary domestic architecture in the honored the preservation of the Honouliuli Internment Camp, context of the Hawaiian house. lending his expertise to the State Advisory Committee Table Sponsorships Since 1970, Hara’s buildings have won over 50 on Honouliuli. design awards from many design organizations. His $25,000 Presenting Today Hara remains very much at the heart of the firm’s commitment to meeting national standards company. His deep understanding and appreciation $10,000 Sho¯gun of environmentally sustainable design has been of Hawai‘i’s unique architectural and cultural heritage, demonstrated with the achievement of registration $5,000 Daimyo¯ and his personal devotion to each project the company of the Case Middle School at Punahou School for $3,000 Bushi undertakes, have earned John Hara Associates a loyal Gold LEED Certification by the U.S. Green Building following of long-time clients. (Sponsored tables seat eight) Council as the first major project in Hawai‘i to be constructed to those standards. $250 Individual Non-Member In 1996, Hara was named as a Fellow of the American $200 Individual JCCH Member Institute of Architects in the category of Design — one of only a handful of architects to be so honored. In 1998, If you would like to reserve he received the Benjamin Franklin Distinguished a table or individual seats or make a donation to the silent auction, please Jesse Kuhaulua contact Denise Park at Jesse Kuhaulua is a living legend in Japan and Hawai‘i Additionally, he received numerous (808) 945-7633 Ext. 27 or due to his participation and contribution to the sport performance awards and gold stars via email at [email protected]. of sumo. Kuhaulua, who was born and raised on the in his sumo career in the top or island of Maui, left the islands to pursue a career as a makunouchi division. sumo wrestler in Japan in 1964. His initial intention Following his retirement, he opened was to enter the world of sumo to strengthen his legs his own sumo stable in 1986. As for the sport of football where he had been an all-state a stablemaster, he was responsible tackle during his years in high school. for the proper overall care of his wrestlers. Kuhaulua Enduring hardships he faced as a pioneer in sumo, achieved further prominence when he coached a his career as a sumo wrestler lasted 19 years and fellow native from Hawai‘i, Chad Rowan, to become his accomplishments are unparalleled. Wrestling the 64th Yokozuna (Grand Champion) in 1993. professionally under the name of Takamiyama (High Chad Rowan, wrestling professionally as Akebono Lofty Mountain), he was the first foreigner in sumo (New Rising Dawn), became the first foreigner to history to win a tournament championship when he achieve sumo’s highest rank of Yokozuna. captured the title in the 1972 Sumo Tournament in Kuhaulua’s legacy as a sumo wrestler and as a Nagoya, Japan. stablemaster will never be matched and he will When he retired from sumo in May 1984, Jesse continue to be Hawai‘i’s “Goodwill Ambassador of Kuhaulua held nearly every all-time individual sumo Aloha” in Japan. record of endurance or the “iron-man” category. ANNUAL GALA SAVE THE DATE

Alan Takemoto Kristi Yamaguchi 9 Years of preservation, ability to access the remote Kristi Yamaguchi first inspired millions of fans around the world as site for research and education which led to the 1991 World Figure Skating Champion and in 1992 at the Winter establishing the new Honouliuli National Monument Olympics when she captured the Gold Medal. Years later, Yamaguchi would not have been possible without the commitment continues to inspire adults and children by her commitment to serving of Monsanto Hawai‘i and the company’s dedicated the community through her Always Dream Foundation. community affairs manager that made protecting As an accomplished and celebrated athlete, she Honouliuli one of his top priorities. has been inducted in the World’s Figure Skating Since Monsanto purchased the land in 2007, Alan Hall of Fame, U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame and Takemoto has been at the forefront of the site’s preservation work and the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame. She’s received a valuable partner to the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i. Takemoto numerous awards including the Sonja Henning went above and beyond the call of duty facilitating JCCH’s access to Award from the Professional Skating Association, the former internment camp site for pilgrimages, school tours, helping Women’s Sports Foundation Flo Hyman Award and to clear the historic site and providing support to JCCH volunteers the Great Sports Legend Award. Yamaguchi was whenever needed. He has personally escorted many of the public tours to also the celebrity champion in the 6th season of Honouliuli. As the National Park Service conducted its special resource Dancing with the Stars, when she partnered with study, Takemoto helped to negotiate a special access agreement Mark Ballas to receive perfect scores for their final between Monsanto and the JCCH. As Monsanto completed a multi-year three dances. process to prepare the land for transfer to the federal government, he In 2010, Harvard Professor Henry Lewis Gates researched Yamaguchi’s continued to work hand-in-hand with JCCH volunteers and President family history in his PBS series, Faces of America. Yamaguchi discovered and Executive Director Carole Hayashino to ensure future access to her family traced its roots to Wakayama and Saga prefectures in Japan the Honouliuli National Monument. and that her paternal grandfather had immigrated to Hawai‘i in 1899. JCCH succeeded in building public awareness of the Honouliuli In addition to her work with the foundation, Yamaguchi is the author Internment Camp and we are able to celebrate the new Honouliuli of award-winning children’s books, Dream Big, Little Pig, and It’s a Big National Monument due to Monsanto’s generous land donation, but World, Little Pig. More recently, she launched her active wear clothing also due to the work of Takemoto, who shared JCCH’s commitment to line, Tsu.ya, with proceeds benefiting the Always Dream Foundation. preserve and protect Honouliuli for the future. Over the past three years, Yamaguchi’s Always Dream Foundation has Takemoto leads Monsanto’s community and government affairs efforts contributed thousands of dollars to the Japanese Cultural Center of in Hawai‘i, focusing on O‘ahu and Hawai‘i island. He is responsible Hawai‘i. Her support has helped to underwrite field trips for over 5,000 for all matters related to state legislation and local initiatives on O‘ahu school children from Title I schools who have had the chance to learn and Hawai‘i islands that may affect Monsanto’s business operations about Japanese culture, the history of Japanese in Hawai‘i, and the in Hawai‘i. diversity of our island community today. Born and raised in Hawai‘i, Takemoto has an extensive career in Yamaguchi once said the goal of her foundation was to “empower agriculture and government affairs. Prior to joining Monsanto, he children to reach their dreams through education and inspiration.” served as Executive Director of the Hawai‘i Farm Bureau Federation, The JCCH is proud to partner with Kristi Yamaguchi and the Always and he currently serves on several boards and commissions including Dream Foundation to reach this goal for the children of Hawai‘i. the State of Hawai‘i Agribusiness Development Corporation and the City & County of Honolulu’s Agriculture Development Task Force. Takemoto graduated from the University of Hawai‘i where he received his Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. He has two daughters; Chelsey and Megan.

Spirit of JCCH Award Tatsumi Hayashi and the Hawai‘i Internment Education Committee A long-time volunteer of the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i (JCCH), Tatsumi Hayashi has helped countless JCCH members and members of the public with translating their family koseki (family registry), interpreting personal letters and documents written in Japanese, and assisting individuals with their family genealogy research. And that is just the start of it. Born and raised in Tokyo, Hayashi joined Japan Airlines after graduating assistance of other JCCH volunteers, Hayashi recently completed the from Seijo University in 1958. He worked in various cities such as Tokyo, translation of a World War II internment memoir by Kumaji (Suikei) Fukuoka, Honolulu, New York and Frankfurt. Furuya Haisho Tenten (internment from camp to camp) that is scheduled to be published by JCCH this year. After retiring as the president and CEO of Pan Pacific Hoteliers (dba Ihilani Resort & Spa and Ko Olina Golf Club, then a subsidiary of JAL), Hayashi works closely with the JCCH Hawai‘i Internment Education he started volunteering at the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i in Committee (HIEC), the driving force behind JCCH’s educational outreach 1998, becoming one of the most proficient English/Japanese translators and school curriculum on the subject. HIEC led the grassroots effort to at the JCCH Resource Center. preserve Honouliuli and collected more than 6,000 signatures urging President Barack Obama and Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell to At the Resource Center, Hayashi researched and developed the JCCH recognize Honouliuli as a national monument and new unit in the Hawai‘i Japanese Internee database. It is a database that he describes as National Park Service. “99% accurate and completed,” as he continues to update records with additional names and demographical information of approximately 2,300 For his seventeen years of volunteer service to the JCCH and his contribution internees and their families. This valuable database is an important to preserving the history of the Japanese American internment in Hawai‘i, source of information on the Japanese Americans in Hawai‘i who were we are proud to honor Tatsumi Hayashi and the Hawai‘i Internment picked up, interrogated and detained during World War II. With the Education Committee with the 2015 Spirit of JCCH Award. Donor List

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mahalo to our corporate members! Fall 2014 Barbara M. Inouye Allan & Betty Totoki Charles K. Furuya Howard Sakata 11 Edward N. Inouye Toki & Patricia S. Toyama Tokuro & Tsuyako Hajiro Helen T. Sako Annual Fund Wayne T. & Joy N. Ishihara Kenneth M. Tsuji Donald N. & Amy S. Harada Iwao Sato Gold Island Insurance Ted Ura Russell Hatae George & Alyce Serikaku Jason & Lisa Ito, Kyo-ya Mr. & Mrs. Ronald R. Ushijima Michihiko & Bernice Hayashida Stanley & Lillian Shimoda Mark Ibara, Edward Enterprises Inc. Management Company, Ltd. Kimiko Uto Will J. Henderson Ray I. & Gale K. Shimomura Kiyoko Rie Wong, The Edwin S.N. Helen N. Iwatani Reiko Sorei Uyejo Harold T. Higashi Nora Shiraishi Wong Foundation Samson T. Iwatani Rose & Nori Uyematsu Robert & Ethel Hinazumi Ellen N. Shiraki Richard M. Kaya Chris S. Jackson Irene N. Wakatsuki Mieko Hiramoto Alice Shiroma Glenn M. & Harriet Masunaga Ronald R. Kajiwara James K. & Anita Watanabe Hitoshi & Kimiyo Hirayama Edward S. & Jane H. 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Kawada Margaret Unemori Matsuda Howard R. & Sheri Hanada Hoyt Zia & Leigh-Ann Miyasato Kenneth & Ethel Kawakami Michiko Urata Doris A. Iwamura - In Honor of Kikuo Harada Sachiko Monzen Marcia Kemble Hiroshi & Hideko Usami Kiroku Abe, Internee Kathryn K. Inkinen Jon Morikawa Alarice C. S. Kim Kenneth & Dorothy Uyeno John M. Kurahara - In Honor of Ken K. Hayashida, KAI Hawaii, Inc. Masaaki Morimoto Akimichi & Florence Kimura Mitchell S. Uyeno Jane M. Kurahara John S. Okino James S. Morita Ethel M. & Grace T. Kitagawa Hazel Wada Roger N. & Yoshiko Nagata - In Shimaya Shoten, Ltd. Gary & Susan Morita Mildred T. Kitagawa Roylinne Wada Honor of Ayako & Yasuji Akahoshi Marjorie H. Tanoue Marcia Morse Hifumi Kitayama Eunice Watanabe (Nagata) Allen T. Yamashita Carl Muraoka Thomas & June Konno Gordon Watanabe Anonymous - In Memory of Sadamu Glenn A. Kaya - In Memory of Rene Helen C. & Florence Y. Murata Gladys Kotaki Roy & Sandra Yamada “Sak” Sakai Kimiko Kaya Renee Y. 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Matsumoto Jiro Yukimura Nora M. and Roy T. Kawamoto Takashi & Dorothy M. Akimoto Betty M. Okubo Lillian S. Matsuo May Leiko Imamura-Uruu - In Mildred Hayase Kawano - In Akira Yamamoto Painting Inc. Tilden Osako Laura Miho Honor of Hiroshi + Misao, Fred, Memory of Stanley Hayase David & Bertha Arakawa John & Nancy Oshiro Yutaka & Gladys Mikami + Stan Togo, Paula & Ronald Jane Kurahara - In Memory of Hiroshi Arisumi Marilyn Oshiro Kazuaki & Janet Miyashita Imamura, and Larry Uruu Conrad K. Kurahara Jean Ariyoshi Herbert H. & Ethel T. Otaguro Suzie Morikawa Anonymous - In Memory of Linda Akira & May T. Otani Shizuye Nishioka - In Memory of Betsy A. Morioka & Melanie Goda Curtis Kogami, Conrad Enterprises, Kuniaki Nishioka Inc. Toshio G. & Kyoko Ozeki Kodama Anonymous - In Memory of Meijikai Yasuo Sadoyama Ethel A. Oda & Daniel D. Anderson - Sanford Morioka Pioneers Edith M. Endo In Memory of Esther Masako Sato Lawrence & Yuriko Enomoto Minnie K. Saiki Michiko Motooka Ihori Family - In Memory of Alvin S. Keith & Lisa Sakamoto Steven & Gladys Uyehara - In Eugene S. & Ethel Mukai Ihori & Leonard K. Ihori Guy & Susan Fujimura Memory of Mr. Saburo Watanabe Walter & Helen Fujimura Shoji Sakamoto Kay & May A. Muranaka Theresa Inouye - In Memory of Dayson K. Cariaga & Haruko Miriam T. Fujita Nolan Sakoki Donors Walter Muraoka Takao Sato Carole N. Murobayashi Akatsuka Shigeaki & Mary O. Fujitani (Anonymous) Kimiko K. Segawa Glenn I. & Jane S. Nagaishi Nelson H. & Alice Muraoka - In Hideo Fukunaga Masaru Akamatsu Hawaii Shotokan Karate Patricia H. Nakaji Memory of Phyllis S. Muraoka Gary Y. & Mildred Funasaki Richard Y. Akizaki Annette H. Sekine Harry & Kuniko Nakashima Edwin & Mary Nakasone - In Henry & May R. Furuya Charles S. & Masako Aoto Yasushi Sento Michio & Hiroye Niiya Memory of Mr. & Mrs. Matsukichi Howard & Tomeyo Furuya Fujio Asao Shigeto & Yaeko Setoda Mary Nishimoto Nakasone Gerald Ushijima Minoru & Ruth Asato Lisa A. Shigemura Hugh S. Noguchi Edna Saifuku - In Memory of Haruo Michael & Katherine Hadano Yoshio Asato Takeshi & June Shimana Takashi & Toyomi Nonaka Saifuku James & Irene Harada Richard S. & Evelyn T. Baba Rodney & Sandy Shinkawa Junichi Noumaru Lillian Y. Sakamoto - In Memory of Takeshi Harada Mr. & Mrs. Roger S. Bellinger Joanne F. Tachibana Alice Oda Mitsuru Sakamoto John & Sachie Hayakawa Ann Yamasaki Berman Kiyoshi & Tomoko O. Taira David Y. Oda & Arlene T. Irvin K. Sasaki - In Memory of Itsuo Tatsumi & Masako Hayashi Kelli Chun Robert F. & Jane F. Takane Oshima-Oda and Sadie Sasaki Edward Y. & Harumi N. Hirata Emily T. Deai & John Deai Dennis K. Takeshita Agnes R. Okino & Atsushi Okino Barbara S. Tadakuma & Lynn K. Betty F. Hirozawa Brad Dechter Betsy & Jerald Takesono Richard S. Okouchi Tadakuma - In Memory of Larry K. Arlene K. Horiuchi Joyce K. Endo & Terri R. Wong Curtis Tamon & Arlene Kaya-Tamon Betty Okuhara Tadakuma Robert M. Fujimoto, HPM Building Carrie T. Fuchise Alice Y. Tamura & Walter M. Tamura Edith S. Ono Sam & Karen Tokunaga - In Memory Supply Kenneth & June Fujimoto of Fuku Tsukiyama Fay M. Tanaka Yoshimori & Marisa Oshiro Thomas & Pauline Hughes Dean Fukuchi Chieko Tateishi Kazuyoshi Oshiumi Sue Setsuyo Ide Kenneth T. Fukuda Rosalie Tatsuguchi Heather Calabro Roy S. Imai Michael & Lori Furoyama Patricia Thomson Charles Richardson Jean R. Imamoto Claire Y. & Michael S. Furukawa Tyler M. Tokioka Yukiko A. Ross Hideo & Seiko Imoto Joseph S. & Yuriko K. Furukawa Violet W. Tokushima Helen M. Sakamoto Dr. & Mrs. Melvin Inamasu Harue Furumoto Legacy MemDbeonorsr List 12

Jane H. Adachi Edgar A. Hamasu Kyoko Y. Kimura Grace M. Miyawaki Yasuo Sadoyama Jody Tokioka Shunji Adachi Helen Y. Hamasu Robert N. Kinoshita Lee Y. Moriwaki Edric Sakamoto Maya Tokioka Christopher Amemiya Takeshi Harada Susan Kitsu Lori E. Moriwaki Irvin K. Sasaki Tyler M. Tokioka David F. Andrew Norman Hashimoto Katherine T. Kiyabu George M. Motoyama James Y. Sato Nobuhide Torii David T.Y. Andrew Ken K. Hayashida Gale Kobayashi Michael J. Murakoshi Yoshiharu Satoh Christine Ueno Kimi E.E. Andrew Carole Hayashino Douglas Y. Koide Wayne Muraoka Kainoa Eiro Yamada Scott Gwen Ueoka Lenny Y. Andrew Will J. Henderson John Komeiji Ernest T. Murata Summer Malia Yamada Scott Paul Ueoka Donn Ariyoshi Davis D. Higa Paul Komeiji Cherie Nagao Donna Shigemura Julie Ushio Minoru Asato Jinji Higa Mildred D. Kosaki Janette M. Nagao Lisa A. Shigemura Norio Uyematsu Ruth M.B. Asato Mike Hirai Richard H. Kosaki Robert H. Nagao Herbert K. Shimabukuro Herbert Bay Watanabe Debra Balfour Jane I. Hiranaka Mi Kosasa Noriko Nakafuji Akane Shimoko Eli Wilson Tracie Nagao Bregman Don Hosaka Thomas Kosasa Joyce Y. Nakahara Michael Shimoko Marika Wilson Wendy M. Chang Helen Hosaka Jane N. Koseki Dell M. Nakamura James Shimokusu Scott Wilson Cynthia F. Chi-Doi Sue Setsuyo Ide Jane Kurahara Evelyn Nakamura Ellen N. Shiraki Lillian Noda Yajima Hiroko Dewitz Dennis Igawa Joy Kurihara Audrey Ng Shigemi Sugiki Susan E. Yamada Larry Drake May Leiko Imamura-Uruu Donald Kuroda, Jr. Alice Niiya Joanne F. Tachibana Ethel Yamaguchi Peter G. Drewliner Barbara M. Inouye Carol K. Kuroda Brian Niiya Jane M. Taira Tomoe Yamaguchi Karen Dyas Herbert Isonaga Charlotte Larson Takao Niiya Matsuo Takabuki Clifton H. Yamamoto II Susan Eichor Kim Coco Iwamoto Angela ‘Ariel’ Lewin Elizabeth Y. Nishioka George Takei Clara H. Yamamoto Dennis M. Esaki Betsy Kagawa Jane T. Lyman Alice Tokumaru Oda Donna Takekawa Ethel H. Yamane Alton K. Fujii Stephen Kagawa Faye Fujisaki Mar Sandra S. Oda Neil Takekawa Allen T. Yamashita Wayne M. Fujita David K.O.U. Kam Eric Martinson Scott Oishi Dennis K. Takeshita Christine Yano Gary Fujitani Jarrett Yuichi Kam Pauline Y. Masaki Elaine S. Okazaki Elaine E. Tanaka Eleanor Yano Mary O. Fujitani Justin Kunio Kam Glenn M. Masunaga Margaret E. Okimoto Fay M. Tanaka James Yano Shigeaki Fujitani Wayne Kamitaki Harriet Masunaga Betty M. Okubo Glen A. Tanaka Karen Yasukawa Aileen Fuke Clarence H. Kanja Caroline N. Masutani John Okutani Stanley K. Tanaka Wayne M. Yokoyama Sidney Fuke Clayton Kanzaki Richard N. Mato Lynne Hanzawa O’Neill Wilfred Tanijo David Yoshida Benjamin Fukumoto Dr. Daniel Katayama Violet M. Matsumoto Lincoln Kei Oshiro Ina Tateuchi Leslie K. Yoshioka Dawn Fukumoto Mrs. Jane H. Katayama Mark T. Matsuo Curt Otaguro Ryan Tatsumoto Amy Yanamura Young Grace M. Fukunaga Nancy Katayama Lori McGee George Otani Brenda R. Teranishi Betsy Young Jane Fukunaga Stanley K. Kato Jacqui Medeiros Janet Otani Dennis Y. Teranishi Linda A. Yuen Yaeko S. Habein Eric K. Kawamura Carol Meier Mark S. Oyama Ally Tokioka Peter Yukimura Kaukaweli Haili-Nakamoto Richard M. Kaya Mabel Y. Mitsuyasu Denise S. Park Dana Tokioka Karen Hamada Ronald H. Kikawa Eric M. Miura Hiromi Peterson Darcie Tokioka Sidney G. Hamada Thomas T. Kikuta Karen T. Miyakawa Jean E. Rolles Franklin M. Tokioka III

Carole Hayashino in Kabuki Debut JCCH President and Executive Director Carole Hayashino made her debut as a kabuki star in the Honolulu Japanese Chamber of Commerce’s (HJCC) 70th Annual Shinnen Enkai’s Shoko Shiranami Gonin Otoko on January 9. Playing the role of the fiercest dorobo (thief), Nango, Carole brought down the house as she boasted about her role as being the “keeper of the keys to Hawai‘i’s premier Japanese Cultural Center.” New in the JCCH staff came out in force to support Carole (as well as enjoy Gallery Theater a good laugh). It was a historical performance for the HJCC that featured the first all-female cast of dorobo. Other cast members New features have been included Stacie Koike, Becky Ogata, Melanie Okazaki, Amy added to the World War II Watabayashi, Steven Teruya, and Brian Watase. Theater of the Historical Gallery Okage Sama De. In addition to the mainstay Ganbare, two new films are available for viewing on the new 80” LCD screen which include a short version of the film Under the Blood-Red Sun produced by Dana Satler Hankins, and the short film Honouliuli: Hawai‘i’s Hidden Internment Camp produced by the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i and directed by Ryan Kawamoto. Guests can now use a touchscreen interface to make their selection and view any of these films on the WWII Japanese American experience. Admission is free for JCCH Members. Please visit us and check it out! Donor List UPCOMING EVENTS

13 15th Annual Maui Matsuri Saturday, May 16, 2015 2:00 p.m.– 9:00 p.m. University of Hawai‘i - Maui College Campus, Kahului The Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i is pleased to participate in the upcoming Maui Matsuri at the University of Hawai‘i - Maui College Campus in Kahului. Please visit our booth on Saturday, May 16, 2015, from 2:00 p.m.– 7:00 p.m. The festival attracts over 10,000 visitors with a perpetual theme of Kodomo No Tame Ni, for the sake of the children, and embodies the commitment to share the Japanese and Okinawan culture with the community.

Summer Cultural Workshops Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i Community Gallery The Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i’s Summer Cultural Workshop series is back this summer. Once again, JCCH will be offering a variety of cultural classes and activities for a limited time from June – August 2015. These sessions will be open to the public with discounted rates for JCCH members. Please visit our website at www.jcch.com for an updated listing and more information regarding these upcoming classes and activities. Fees and times will vary and classes may be SIMPLE SASHIKO Crafting with Celebrations subject to change. Space is limited. SATURDAY, JULY 18, 2015 Saturday, August 15, 2015 9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. 9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. ARTFUL ARTIFICIAL BONSAI JCCH Member: $20 | Non-member: $23 JCCH Member: $20 | Non-member: $23 SATURDAY, JUNE 6, 2015 Plus $10 materials fee Unleash your creative side with the staff of 9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Instructor June Hirano will teach basic sashiko Celebrations! They will teach a variety of ways techniques without patterns and introduce to wrap gifts to make them unique and special JCCH Member: $20 | Non-member: $23 participants to the wonderful history behind this for any occasion. Open to ages 16+. Come learn the art and history of bonsai Japanese art form. Each participant will receive in Hawai‘i from bonsai enthusiast Edward a starters kit of material, thread and a sashiko Shippoyaki (metal enameling) Murakami. Participants will create their own needle. Participants need to be able to do a one of a kind artificial bonsai during this 3 running stich for this class. Friday, August 21, 2015 hour long workshop. Each participant will 1:00 p.m.– 4:00 p.m. need to bring pruning shears and a tweezer Saturday, August 22, 2015 to the workshop. FASHIONABLE FUROSHIKI 9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. SATURDAY, AUGUST 1, 2015 1:00 p.m.– 4:00 p.m. Yukata/Obi Tying and 9:00 a.m.–10:30 a.m. Bon Dance Lessons JCCH Member: $15/per session JCCH Member: $15 | Non-member: $18 Saturday, June 20, 2015 Non-Member: $20/per session Learn the history and applications of the Plus $5 materials fee per piece 9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. traditional furoshiki, from instructor Evelyn Learn the popular Japanese handcraft art of Nakamura. Participants will learn how to JCCH Member: $15 | Non-member: $20 enameling from award-winning enamel and wrap a variety of items from gift boxes to Be prepared for this year’s bon season and cloisonné artist, Kazuko Inomata Sensei. wine bottles. learn how to put on a yukata and tie your Participants may sign up for one or all three own obi! After learning the basics on getting sessions to design and make their own dressed, participants will learn several bon one-of-a-kind enamel pieces of various dances from Betty Dela Cuesta, bon dance colors on a base of metal or ceramic object. instructor for the Hawai‘i Shin Kobu Kai. Materials will be provided. NEW in the Gift Shop!

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The Sound of Hilo Rain Hunt for the Bamboo Rat By: Roy Kodani By: Graham Salisbury $16.95 ($15.25 for JCCH members) $16.99 ($15.30 for JCCH members) The Sound of Hilo Rain is a heartwarming Zenji Watanabe, 17, graduates from high Big Island memoir from native son Roy school in Hawai‘i and is recruited into the Kodani. Populated by the colorful characters army during World War II as a translator of small-town Hawai‘i, Kodani’s collection of because he speaks perfect Japanese. He is sent to the Philippines as vignettes captures the joys and sorrows of an undercover civilian to gather information on the Japanese. If they coming of age in a simpler time. From ghosts discover his identity, he’ll be executed as a traitor. Zenji’s time behind in the night to the devastating tsunami of 1946, from plantation stores enemy lines is grueling, and his survival is a testament to the strength to swimming holes, childhood pranks to lessons learned, the spirit of of the human spirit. Based on a true story, recommended for ages 12 Hilo shines brightly in The Sound of Hilo Rain. and up.

Under the Blood-Red Sun DVD Year of the Ram Cards $17.50 ($15.75 for JCCH members) Card: $6 A 13-year-old Japanese boy faces monumental adversity in 1941 ($5.40 for JCCH members) Hawai‘i when the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor. Tomi Nakaji’s idyllic Gift cards, set of 3: $4 world in paradise is forever changed when Japan launches a sneak ($3.60 for JCCH members) attack against the U.S. and Japanese Americans are suddenly considered enemies of the state. Tomi is Bookmark: $3 torn between the strong Japanese cultural ($2.70 for JCCH members) tradition of family honor and standing up Gift set: $13 for himself. Based on the award-winning ($11.70 for JCCH members) book by Graham Salisbury, Under the Blood-Red Sun is a story of courage, honor, Introducing Year of the Ram cards and bookmarks from Honolulu-based loyalty and friendship. Mozaic Paper. The blank card features a die-cut ram with a red peak- through wood grain pattern (the back of the card reads: “A Wood Ram year is a time for peace, creativity and love. Move forward with appreciation and value those who surround you”). Gift cards include glassine envelopes and come in a set of 3. The pre-packaged gift set includes 1 blank card with envelope, 3 gift cards with envelopes, and 1 bookmark.

Year of the Sheep T-shirts $15 ($13.50 for JCCH members) Ikenobo Ikebana by Celebrating the New Year and the Suzanne Nakano fluffier side of this year’s zodiac, our exclusive Year of the Sheep t-shirt is a limited edition design. Get yours before they’re gone! Men’s sizes are available in light gray (crewneck); women’s sizes are available in black (V-neck). Both are 100% cotton.

Summer Craft The Summer Craft & Collectibles Fair returns & Collectibles for the summer in 2015. Meet local artists, Fair crafters, and sellers of vintage collectibles. Come away with unique treasures and one- June 13 of-a-kind gifts. Held every second Saturday July 11 (through September, 9:00 a.m.– 2:00 p.m.) August 8 in JCCH’s Teruya Courtyard, surrounding the September 12 gift shop, and along Beretania street. Mark your calendars! For more information, call Jen Callejo at 945-7633 Ext. 39 or email [email protected]. Membership/Donation Application SPRING 2015 JCCH MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS (Membership benefits are for one year and non-transferable)

Membership questions? Please call (808) 945-7633 Ext. 47 or email [email protected]. Golf Benefits Specialty Services Benefits Yes, we/I want to be a Hawaii Prince Golf Club*– Discounted price American Carpet One – 10% off any carpet of $47 weekday and $57 weekend golf and or carpet remnant purchase and 5% off any Member Sustaining Member 20% discounts off merchandise (excludes sale hard surface flooring and window coverings Legacy Member Corporate Member Donor merchandise, golf clubs and sunglasses) in the purchase [Honolulu] Pro Shop at Hawaii Prince Golf [O‘ahu] Membership Hawaii Prince Hotel Waikiki – 10% off menu *Valid January 1, 2015 – December 31, 2015; discount $15 Student (with ID) items to new bookings for catering events at applies only to member of JCCH, must be a local resident $35 Individual & show valid ID; may not be combined with any other Hawaii Prince Hotel Waikiki [Honolulu] special or promotion *Discount is valid for new bookings for the year 2015; may $50 Family (2 adults, 2 children 17 yrs. and under) not be combined with any other offers or promotions; valid Pro-Am Golf Shop – 20% off retail price on all January 1, 2015 – December 22, 2015 sustaining membership items, except golf balls, repairs & items already $100 Sustaining Individual on sale [Honolulu] Healthy Carpet – 10% discount or a 10% donation to JCCH for new customers. Visit $250 Sustaining Family healthycarpet.com for info about services. (2 adults, 2 children 17 yrs. and under) Retail Benefits [Honolulu] Shirokiya* – 10% off any day [Honolulu] LEGACY MEMBERSHIP The Hertz Corporation* – When placing $1,000 Legacy (Individual Lifetime Membership) University Flowers – 20% off entire purchase reservations, provide customer discount [Honolulu] (not to be combined with other offers) program (CDP) #1884139 for special rates on CORPORATE MEMBERSHIP car rentals with Hertz. Call 1-800-654-3131 Celebrations – 10% discount on merchandise $100 Non-Profit and services with valid JCCH membership card. [Worldwide] $250 Supporting Business [Honolulu] Island Insurance Company – Special group $500 Premier Corporate (Does not include gift certificates, classes, or specially discounts on Personal Automobile and $1,000 Imperial Corporate marked merchandise. Not combinable with promotions or Homeowners insurance [Honolulu] other discounts and offers.) Manoa Grand Ballroom – 10% off (up to $100) If New or Renewing Restaurant Benefits on food [Honolulu] Membership # Bird of Paradise Restaurant *– 15% dining Masaki’s Auto Repair – 10% discount (up Name discount off regular lunch menu [Honolulu] to $50 off, not valid with other promotions) Address *Valid for up to six persons per card, two cards maximum [Honolulu] per table; may not be combined with any other offers or City State promotions; 15% gratuity will be added to the check prior Occidental Underwriters of Hawaii – to discount; valid January 1, 2015 – December 22, 2015 Special discounts on insurance [Honolulu] Phone Zip Hakone, Hawaii Prince Hotel Waikiki * – 15% Pacific Resource Realty Inc.* – credit up to Email off buffet menu [Honolulu] $5000 towards JCCH member’s closing cost *Valid for up to six persons per card, two cards maximum or PRRI shall donate up to $5000 to the FOR Gift Membership ONLY per table; one check per party, no separate checks; not Japan Relief Fund or JCCH (member to valid on holidays or special events; may not be combined Name (Recipient) with any other offers or promotions; 15% gratuity will be designate) from brokerage fees received in added to the check prior to discount; valid January 1, representing a JCCH member in the purchase Address 2015 – December 22, 2015 or sale of real estate. Call (808) 721-7507 to City State qualify transaction. [Honolulu] Naniwa-Ya Ramen – 10% off purchase Phone Zip [Honolulu] Solar Farms Energy – 15% off solar needs, Email Prince Court, Hawaii Prince Hotel Waikiki *– $500 donated to JCCH for every member who signs up or any referrals from a member 15% off buffet menu [Honolulu] FOR FAMILY Membership *Valid for up to six persons per card, two cards maximum [Honolulu] (Two adults, two children 17 yrs. and under) per table; one check per party, no separate checks; not Please indicate the names of additional family valid on holidays or special events; may not be combined Taira Chiropractic – Complimentary consultation with any other offer or promotions; 15 % gratuity will be and 50% off initial examination [Honolulu] members below: added to check prior to discount; valid January 1, 2015 – (Mr./Mrs./Ms.) December 22, 2015 JCCH Benefits

Free one-year admission to the JCCH Historical Current Partnership/ Program-Related Benefits Gallery exhibit Okage Sama De. * $5 off Japanese Calligraphy by Hiromi 10% off items in the JCCH Gift Shop. In addition to my membership, enclosed Peterson Sensei. Discount on non-commercial translation is my tax-deductible contribution of $ services and genealogical research assistance Discount on kimono dressing at Aki Matsuri. in support of JCCH programs and activities. at the JCCH Resource Center.* 50% off session fee for Kumihimo Craft TOTAL: $ Workshops. Please send payment to Discounts on selected JCCH programs, events, cultural classes, workshops and seminars. 2454 South Beretania Street, Honolulu, HI 96826 Check enclosed, payable to the JCCH Invitations to special events and voting privileges. Charge to my: VISA MasterCard Card # *Some restrictions may apply. Exp. / Benefits subject to change without notice. Please visit our website at www.jcch.com for the most updated benefits listing. Listing as a member benefit does not constitute an endorsement by JCCH. Signature NON PROFIT ORG. U.S. Postage Paid Honolulu, HI Permit No. 891

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UPCOMING EVENTS at a glance Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i

Sharing the Spirit of Aloha Annual Gala Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort Coral Ballroom Saturday, July 25, 2015 5:00 p.m.– 9:00 p.m.

Summer Crafts & Collectibles Fair Sogetsu Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i Teruya Courtyard Ikebana by 9:00 a.m.– 2:00 p.m. Charmaine June 13, July 11, August 8, September 12 Yee-Hollison

Summer Cultural Workshops Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i Community Gallery

Artful Artificial Bonsai Fashionable Furoshiki Shippoyaki Workshop SATURDAY, JUNE 6, 2015 SATURDAY, AUGUST 1, 2015 (Japanese enameling) 9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. 9:00 a.m.–10:30 a.m. Friday, August 21, 2015 1:00 p.m.– 4:00 p.m. Yukata/Obi Tying and Crafting with Bon Dance Lessons Celebrations Saturday, August 22, 2015 Saturday, June 20, 2015 Saturday, August 15, 2015 9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m.– 4:00 p.m. 9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. 9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Simple Sashiko SATURDAY, JULY 18, 2015 9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.